In other words, in his propaganda, Augustus basically said, "I'm not a king, I'm just another senator, and I'm giving the Senate and the people all their power back."

换句话说，在奥古斯都的宣传中，他声称“我不是国王，我只是普通元老院议员，我将权力交还元老院及人民手中“

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Or Augustus--he had taken the title Augustus by this time, which means "the great"--he himself said, "I transferred the Republic from my power to the dominion of the Senate and the people of Rome."

或者奥古斯都。。。当时他已经使用了这个头衔，意思是“尊崇“，他说，“我已将共和国重还给,元老院及罗马人民统治“

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So Augustus actually reconstituted the Senate, and it was just that, a Senate reconstituted by the emperor.

奥古斯都早已重组元老院，由帝王重组的元老院。

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